Joshua Milton Blahyi

Joshua Milton Blahyi (30 September 1971-) was a Liberian warlord who fought alongside Roosevelt Johnson during the First Liberian Civil War in the 1990s. He is better known by his nom de guerrre of "General Butt Naked", as he led his soldiers into battle wearing only shoes and wielding a gun.

Biography
Joshua Milton Blahyi was born on 30 September 1971 to the Sarpo tribe of Liberia, and he was initiated as a tribal priest at the age of eleven, taking part in human sacrifice. He had a vision in which the Devil said that he would be a great warrior if he continued cannibalism and human sacrifice, and the Krahn elders made him a high priest, making him a religious adviser to President Samuel Doe. Blahyi adhered to a complex belief system that mixed animism with Christianity, and he practiced monthly human sacrifice until he was 25. During the First Liberian Civil War, he led a mercenary unit of naked child soldiers funded by Roosevelt Johnson and fought alongside Charles Taylor and Prince Johnson. In 1996, he converted to Christianity and decided to repent rather than die, and he expressed willingness to be tried for war crimes at The Hague. He moved to Ghana and became a minister, living in exile as a Christian.